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NEW DELHI: India’s crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia may pick up modesty after the kingdom cut the official selling price of its key export grade for February, but the demand for discounted Russian Urals is still seen surpassing that for the oil from Saudi Aramco. Analysts feel any lartge additional buying of Saudi crude […]

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Pakistan on Thursday struck targets in Iran, a day after warning Tehran of “consequences” over its attack on the Jaish al-Adl group’s headquarters, according to local media reports. Pakistan has reportedly attacked the posts of two Baloch separatist groups — the Balochistan Liberation Front and the Balochistan Liberation Army. Iran attacked the Jaish al-Adl group’s […]

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By M A Hossain In the year 2023, Pakistan found itself grappling with an unprecedented surge in terrorist incidents. The Taliban’s triumph in Afghanistan has catalyzed the surge, which in turn emboldened and strengthened the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Over the past two years, the TTP underwent a transformative series of mergers, centralizing its organizational framework […]

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SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Neswire – 17 January 2024 – The British Council is delighted to support 76 new projects through our Connections Through Culture grant programme 2023 – a platform fostering vibrant collaborations between artists in the United Kingdom and East Asia. The Connections Through Culture programmes has provided over £645,000 in support for artists and arts organisations from across the United Kingdom and East Asia. […]

In 2024, the stores will introduce new eye services HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 17 January 2024 – Suavislash’s high-quality eyelash services have led the brand to receive numerous awards in the beauty industry in recent years. These include the Sassy Best Of Hong Kong Reader Awards in 2019, the PRESTIGE “Beauty & Wellness Awards” for Best Lash Treatment in 2020. Last year, they […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 17 January 2024 – The award-winning Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific is delighted to announce its exciting partnerships in the field of inflight dining, aimed at delivering an exceptional culinary experience to passengers travelling in the South Asia, Middle East, and Africa (SAMEA) region. Cathay Pacific has always been committed to providing its customers with top-notch services, and inflight […]

NEW DELHI: India’s wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation rate rose to a nine-month high of 0.73 per cent in December, mainly due to an increase in prices of food articles, data released by the ministry of commerce and industry showed on Monday. This is the second consecutive month that the wholesale inflation rate had remained […]

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Ranjiv Raman & Agnes Goh to lead Discretionary Solutions and Family Advisory & Institutional Wealth HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 16 January 2024 – WRISE Wealth Management Singapore (WRISE WM) is proud to announce the appointment of two distinguished professionals to its team, further strengthening its leadership in the wealth management sector. The company has appointed Mr. Ranjiv Raman as Managing Director and Head […]

Arabian Post Staff The proportion of CEOs who believe global economic growth will improve over the next 12-months has more than doubled since year-on-year. At the same time the proportion of CEOs concerned about their long-term business viability has risen to 45% as tech and climate pressures accelerate, according to PwC’s 27th Annual Global CEO Survey, published today. The survey, which interviewed 4,702 CEOs across 105 countries and […]

By Nantoo Banerjee The new year’s best news for India, is that the Saudi Arabia-led Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is fast losing its grip on the market with a number of countries willing to offer prices even lower than those fixed for Russian crude. Saudi Arabia itself has cut down crude oil prices […]

The post Lower Global Oil Demand And Price Will Benefit India In 2024 first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty The World Economic Forum (WEF), the organization of big global CEO’s and neo liberal think tanks has expressed its concern at the impact of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) indiscriminately in the industries of the countries, both developed and developing. The random use of the latest human intelligence technology will be […]

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For the first time, Octopus opens up its payment network to UnionPay, AlipayHK, and Alipay to enable QR payments for Mainland visitors and Hong Kong passengers Transaction fee waiver and referral programme to accelerate driver sign-up HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 11 January 2024 – Today Octopus Cards Limited (Octopus) announced that it will enable 21,000 Hong Kong taxi drivers to accept QR payments […]

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NEW DELHI: The commerce ministry has called a high-level inter-ministerial meet next week to discuss ways to insulate India’s trade from the ongoing problems in the Red Sea, a senior official said on Thursday. Senior officials from five ministries — external affairs, defence, shipping and finance and commerce — will participate in the deliberations. The […]

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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 12 January 2024 – Today, IX Asia Indexes announced the 2023 4th quarter review of ixCrypto Index Series and second-half yearly review of the IX Digital Asset Industry Series. The constituent change for ixCrypto Index Series will be effective on 19 January, 2024 (Friday), while the constituent change for IX Digital Asset Industry Index Series will be effective on 1st […]

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 12 January 2024 – Chevron Singapore Pte Ltd, Keppel, Pan-United Corporation, Surbana Jurong, Air Liquide Singapore, Osaka Gas Singapore, and Pavilion Energy (together Parties) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on lower carbon opportunities to support Singapore’s aspiration of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050[1]. Low Carbon Technology Industry Consortium (LCT-IC) MOU Signing Ceremony featuring: Zhang Xi, Vice President, […]

STT GDC sets industry benchmarks in sustainable financing as the first sustainability linked perpetual issuance in Asia. SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 January 2024 – ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), one of the world’s fastest growing data centre providers, announced that it has on 8 January 2024 issued S$450 million of Sustainability-Linked Perpetual (SLP) securities under the company’s S$1.5 billion multicurrency debt issuance […]

NEW YORK/LONDON/SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 January 2024 – The Best Places to Work organization announced today the list of the top 30 world Best Places to Work for 2023. Topping this year’s ranking for the second consecutive year was Novo Nordisk, the global healthcare company with almost a century of innovation and leadership in diabetes care followed by Takeda, the leading global healthcare company. […]

By Satyaki Chakraborty Israel’s Gaza war has entered its fourth month on January 7 this year leading to a death toll of more than 22,500.The entire Gaza strip has been devastated by the Israeli bombings. Apart, the Israel Defence Forces have targeted areas of both Lebanon and Iraq giving the war against the Palestinians a […]

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NEW DELHI: Strong demand from both international and domestic markets spurred services sector activity to a three-month high in December, according to a private survey released Friday. The HSBC India Services Purchasing Managers’ Index ended 2023 at 59, higher than the previous month’s reading of 56.9, as per the survey conducted by S&P Global. PMI […]

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DUBAI, UAE – Media OutReach Newswire – 5 January 2024 – BSH, MoneyGram Novo Nordisk, Globalpharma and Middle East Specialized Cables are recognized as the top 5 best places to work in UAE for 2023 according to the annual prestigious “Best Places to Work” certification program. Best Places to Work is an international certification program, considered as the ‘Platinum Standard’ in identifying and recognizing top workplaces around […]

By Sushil Kutty Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s “imminent arrest” has been on the cards for two-three days and the AAP convener has been milking every drop of sympathy from talk of his imminent “arrest”. That said, while half of Delhi is convinced Kejriwal is corrupt to the core, the other half is still making […]

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NEW DELHI: India’s manufacturing activity declined to its lowest level in 18 months in December, pulled down by weaker increase in factory orders and output, according to a private survey released Wednesday. The HSBC India purchasing managers’ index of manufacturing eased further to 54.9 in December compared with 56 in the previous month. However, the […]

The post Factory Activity Hits 18-Month Low In December On Weaker Order Growth first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

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